Landslide · Run for President
Privacy
Last changed 11 November 2026
I'm Jamie Hardie, and I make Landslide on my own. This page tells you, in plain English, what happens to your information when you play it.
The short version. The game itself doesn't collect anything about you. The free version shows ads from Google, and Google's ad software does collect a few things, listed below. If you sign in to Game Center, your wins go on Apple's leaderboards. That's all.
What stays on your phone
Your campaign, your past results and your settings are saved on your phone so you can pick up where you left off. They don't go anywhere else, apart from the scores mentioned under Game Center. Delete the game and they go with it.
Ads
The free game has a few ads: no more than three breaks in a campaign, plus ads you can choose to watch to get something in return, like a private poll or a rewind. They come from Google AdMob. To choose ads, show them and see how they did, Google's software collects:
- your IP address, which gives a rough idea of where you are;
- an identifier for your device. That's Apple's advertising identifier only if you allow tracking. Otherwise it's one that only covers my apps;
- which ads you see and tap;
- crash and performance reports about Google's own software.
If you're in the UK, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, the game asks for your consent on Google's form before it shows any ads. You can change your mind at any time with Ad choices on the title screen. In US states whose privacy laws give you the right, the same button lets you opt out of your information being sold or shared for advertising.
Your iPhone will also ask whether the game may track you. If you say no, the advertising identifier isn't shared. Whatever you choose, the game plays exactly the same.
Google handles this information under its own privacy policy, and explains how it uses information from apps that show its ads.
Landslide Plus, a one-off purchase, takes the ad breaks away and makes the extras free, so you never see an ad.
Game Center
If you're signed in to Game Center, the results of the campaigns you win (electoral votes, states won, money spent and so on) and any achievements you earn are sent to Apple. Your Game Center nickname and scores then appear on the leaderboards for other players to see. Apple looks after that under its privacy policy. If you're not signed in, nothing is sent.
Buying Landslide Plus
Purchases go through Apple, or Google Play on Android. The game only finds out that you've bought Plus. It never sees your name, your card or your account.
On Android
Everything above applies, with a few differences. Google's software uses the Android advertising ID, which you can reset or delete in your phone's Settings under Google › Ads. There's no tracking question, because Android leaves that to those settings, and there's no Game Center.
The people in the game
The candidates are real people, past nominees and primary candidates, shown as the public figures they are. Their portraits are public-domain photographs, mostly official US government portraits, or photos used under Creative Commons licences and credited in the game. Everything that happens in a campaign is made up. Landslide isn't connected to, or endorsed by, any candidate, campaign, party or broadcaster.
Questions
Email me at support@hardie.app and I'll get back to you.
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